George Konstantakopoulos studied medicine at the Medical School of the University of Athens, Greece. He specialized in psychiatry at the First Department of Psychiatry of the University of Athens, Eginition Hospital. He has also trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and specialized in Psychotherapy of Eating Disorders. He is a Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Athens Medical School.

He has worked as a scientific supervisor of psychosocial programs and as a trainer in training courses for mental health professionals that have been implemented in Greece, Denmark and Finland as part of the psychiatric reform program “Psychargos”. Since 2008, he has been working as consultant and scientific associate of the First Department of Psychiatry of the University of Athens at the Byron-Kessariani Community Mental Health Center and the Eating Disorders Unit. At the same time, he has been a research associate of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London. His main research interests are: insight (awareness of illness), cognitive functioning and, in particular, social cognition in mental disorders, meta-cognition and its relationship to psychopathology.

He is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal “Psychiatriki” of the Hellenic Psychiatric Association.

Since 2014, he has been the scientific supervisor of the annual post-graduate Course in Clinical Psychopathology of the First Department of Psychiatry of the University of Athens and the University Research Institute for Mental Health. Since 2016, he has also been the supervisor of another annual postgraduate Course in Clinical Skills in Psychopathology organized by the First Department of Psychiatry of the University of Athens and the Hellenic Psychiatric Association. Moreover, he has been teaching in the post-graduate training programs of the First Department of Psychiatry for intern psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses and other mental health professionals and at the MSc Programs in Mental Health Promotion – Prevention of Mental Disorders of the First Department of Psychiatry of the University of Athens and in Clinical Neuropsychology of the Department of Neurology of the University of Athens in collaboration with the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University.

Publications

Konstantakopoulos G, Ioannidi N, Patrikelis P, Gonidakis F. Empathy,

mentalizing, and cognitive functioning in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

Soc Neurosci. 2020 May 13:1-12. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2020.1760131. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32321371.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Pikouli K, Ploumpidis D, Bougonikolou E, Kouyanou K,

Nystazaki M, Economou M. The impact of unemployment on mental health examined in a community mental health unit during the recent financial crisis in Greece. Psychiatriki. 2019 Oct-Dec;30(4):281-290. doi: 10.22365/jpsych.2019.304.281. PMID: 32283531.

 

Pikouli Κ, Konstantakopoulos G, Kalampaka Spilioti P, Fytrolaki E, Ploumpidis

D, Economou M. [The impact of the recent financial crisis on the users’ profile

of a community mental health unit]. Psychiatriki. 2019 Apr-Jun;30(2):97-107.

Greek, Modern. doi: 10.22365/jpsych.2019.302.97. PMID: 31425138.

 

Konstantakopoulos G. Insight across mental disorders: A multifaceted

metacognitive phenomenon. Psychiatriki. 2019 Jan-Mar;30(1):13-16. English,

Greek, Modern. doi: 10.22365/jpsych.2019.301.13. PMID: 31115349.

 

Economou M, Peppou LE, Souliotis K, Konstantakopoulos G, Papaslanis T,

Kontoangelos K, Nikolaidi S, Stefanis N. An association of economic hardship

with depression and suicidality in times of recession in Greece. Psychiatry Res.

2019 Sep;279:172-179. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.02.058. Epub 2019 Mar 25.

PMID: 30922607.

 

Ploumpidis D, Chrysovergi F, Konstantakopoulos G, Loukadakis M, Kalogerakis

Z, Economou M. [Patients coming back after interruption of care in a community

mental health center: Associations with care provision and psychopathological

features]. Psychiatriki. 2018 Oct-Dec;29(4):327-337. Greek, Modern. doi:

10.22365/jpsych.2018.294.327. PMID: 30814042.

 

Touloumi G, Karakatsani A, Karakosta A, Sofianopoulou E, Koustenis P, Gavana

M, Alamanos Y, Kantzanou M, Konstantakopoulos G, Chryssochoou X, Benos A,

Vantarakis A, Hadjichristodoulou C, Chlouverakis G, Trypsianis G, Voulgari PV,

Makrilakis K, Liatis S, Stergiou G; EMENO Study Group. National Survey of

Morbidity and Risk Factors (EMENO): Protocol for a Health Examination Survey

Representative of the Adult Greek Population. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Feb

4;8(2):e10997. doi: 10.2196/10997. PMID: 30714576; PMCID: PMC6378546.

 

Tsouvelas G, Konstantakopoulos G, Vakirtzis A, Giotakos O, Papaslanis T,

Kontaxakis V. Criminality in Greece during the years of financial crisis:

2008-2014. Psychiatriki. 2018 Jan-Mar;29(1):19-24. doi:

10.22365/jpsych.2018.291.19. PMID: 29754116.

 

Kapsomenakis A, Simos PG, Konstantakopoulos G, Kasselimis DS. In Search of

Executive Impairment in Pathological Gambling: A Neuropsychological Study on

Non-treatment Seeking Gamblers. J Gambl Stud. 2018 Dec;34(4):1327-1340. doi:

10.1007/s10899-018-9758-y. PMID: 29455442.

 

Antonopoulou Z, Konstantakopoulos G, Τzinieri-Coccosis M, Sinodinou C. Rates

of childhood trauma in a sample of university students in Greece: The Greek

version of the Early Trauma Inventory-Self Report. Psychiatriki. 2017 Jan-

Mar;28(1):19-27. doi: 10.22365/jpsych.2017.281.19. PMID: 28541235.

 

Patrikelis P, Konstantakopoulos G, Lucci G, Katsaros VK, Sakas DE, Gatzonis

S, Stranjalis G. Possible common neurological breakdowns for alexithymia and

humour appreciation deficit: A case study. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2017

Feb;153:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.12.005. Epub 2016 Dec 12. PMID:

27987387.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Ioannidi N, Typaldou M, Sakkas D, Oulis P. Clinical and

cognitive factors affecting psychosocial functioning in remitted patients with

bipolar disorder. Psychiatriki. 2016 Jul-Sep;27(3):182-191. doi:

10.22365/jpsych.2016.273.182. PMID: 27837572.

 

Papaslanis T, Kontaxakis V, Christodoulou C, Konstantakopoulos G, Kontaxaki

MI, Papadimitriou GN. Suicide in Greece 1992-2012: A time-series analysis. Int J

Soc Psychiatry. 2016 Aug;62(5):471-6. doi: 10.1177/0020764016647753. Epub 2016 May 9. PMID: 27160589.

 

Tsouvelas G, Kontaxakis V, Giotakos O, Konstantakopoulos G, Kontaxaki MI,

Papaslanis T. Financial crisis and criminality in Greece: 2008 vs 2011.

Psychiatriki. 2016 Jan-Mar;27(1):54-7. PMID: 27110884.

 

Patrikelis P, Gatzonis S, Siatouni A, Angelopoulos E, Konstantakopoulos G,

Takousi M, Sakas DE, Zalonis I. Preoperative neuropsychological presentation of

patients with refractory frontal lobe epilepsy. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2016

Jun;158(6):1139-50. doi: 10.1007/s00701-016-2786-4. Epub 2016 Apr 2. PMID:

27039403.

 

Cucchi A, Ryan D, Konstantakopoulos G, Stroumpa S, Kaçar AŞ, Renshaw S,

Landau S, Kravariti E. Lifetime prevalence of non-suicidal self-injury in

patients with eating disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychol

Med. 2016 May;46(7):1345-58. doi: 10.1017/S0033291716000027. Epub 2016 Mar 8. PMID: 26954514.

 

Konstantakopoulos G. Challenges with bipolar disorder drug discovery. Expert

Opin Drug Discov. 2016;11(5):425-8. doi: 10.1517/17460441.2016.1160885. Epub 2016 Mar 21. PMID: 26943234.

 

Patelaros E, Zournatzis E, Konstantakopoulos G. [Relationship of insight

with depression and suicidal ideation in psychotic disorders]. Psychiatriki.

2015 Oct-Dec;25(4):265-72. Greek, Modern. PMID: 26709992.

 

Dimitrakopoulos S, Konstantakopoulos G. Pharmacological agents under

research for the maintenance treatment in bipolar disorder. Psychiatriki. 2015

Jul-Sep;26(3):169-80. PMID: 26480221.

 

Kalogerakou S, Oulis P, Anyfandi E, Konstantakopoulos G, Papakosta VM,

Kontis D, Theochari E, Angelopoulos E, Zervas IM, Mellon RC, Papageorgiou CC,

Tsaltas E. Episodic Visual Learning/Memory and Attentional Flexibility in

Patients With Major Depressive Disorder After Clinically Effective

Electroconvulsive Therapy. J ECT. 2015 Dec;31(4):246-52. doi:

10.1097/YCT.0000000000000238. PMID: 25973768.

 

Ioannidi N, Konstantakopoulos G, Sakkas D, Oulis P. The relationship of

Theory of Mind with symptoms and cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder: a

prospective study. Psychiatriki. 2015 Jan-Mar;26(1):17-27. PMID: 25880380.

 

Kontaxakis V, Konstantakopoulos G. From DSM-I to DSM-5. Psychiatriki. 2015

Jan-Mar;26(1):13-6. English, Greek, Modern. PMID: 25880379.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Dimitrakopoulos S, Michalopoulou PG. Drugs under early

investigation for the treatment of bipolar disorder. Expert Opin Investig Drugs.

2015 Apr;24(4):477-90. doi: 10.1517/13543784.2015.1019061. Epub 2015 Feb 23. PMID: 25704484.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Oulis P, Ploumpidis D, Patrikelis P, Nikitopoulou S,

Papadimitriou GN, David AS. Self-rated and performance-based empathy in

schizophrenia: the impact of cognitive deficits. Soc Neurosci. 2014;9(6):590-600. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2014.934395. Epub 2014 Jun 27. PMID: 24968720.

 

Typaldou GM, Konstantakopoulos G, Roxanis I, Nidos A, Vaidakis N,

Papadimitriou GN, Wells A. Assessment of the Greek worry-related metacognitions: the Greek version of the Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30). Psychiatriki. 2014 Jan-Mar;25(1):39-47. PMID: 24739501.

 

Oulis P, Kalogerakou S, Anyfandi E, Konstantakopoulos G, Papakosta VM,

Masdrakis V, Tsaltas E. Cognitive effects of pregabalin in the treatment of

long-term benzodiazepine-use and dependence. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2014

May;29(3):224-9. doi: 10.1002/hup.2391. Epub 2014 Feb 17. PMID: 24532157.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Sofianopoulou E, Touloumi G, Ploumpidis D. [Ultra-short

questionnaires for the detection of depression and anxiety]. Psychiatriki. 2013 Oct-Dec;24(4):288-97. Greek, Modern. PMID: 24486977.

 

Gonidakis F, Georgantopoulos G, Konstantakopoulos G, Varsou E. Late onset

anorexia nervosa and the role of parental family. Presentation of two cases. Eat

Weight Disord. 2014;19(3):409-12. doi: 10.1007/s40519-014-0098-3. Epub 2014 Jan 16. PMID: 24431008.

 

Michalopoulou PG, Konstantakopoulos G, Typaldou M, Papageorgiou C,

Christodoulou GN, Lykouras L, Oulis P. Can cognitive deficits differentiate

between schizophrenia with and without obsessive-compulsive symptoms? Compr Psychiatry. 2014 May;55(4):1015-21. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.12.004. Epub 2013 Dec 12. PMID: 24411931.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Ploumpidis D, Oulis P, Patrikelis P, Nikitopoulou S,
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Papadimitriou GN, David AS. The relationship between insight and theory of mind in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2014 Jan;152(1):217-22. doi:

10.1016/j.schres.2013.11.022. Epub 2013 Dec 8. PMID: 24321712.

 

Stefanatou P, Giannouli E, Konstantakopoulos G, Vitoratou S, Mavreas V.

Measuring the needs of mental health patients in Greece: reliability and

validity of the Greek version of the Camberwell assessment of need. Int J Soc

Psychiatry. 2014 Nov;60(7):662-71. doi: 10.1177/0020764013511793. Epub 2013 Dec 2. PMID: 24300082.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Masdrakis VG, Markianos M, Oulis P. On the differential

diagnosis of anxious from nonanxious major depression by means of the Hamilton Scales. ScientificWorldJournal. 2013 Oct 27;2013:294516. doi:

10.1155/2013/294516. PMID: 24288476; PMCID: PMC3826330.

 

Oulis P, Konstantakopoulos G, Lykouras L, Michalopoulou PG. Differential

diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive symptoms from delusions in schizophrenia: A

phenomenological approach. World J Psychiatry. 2013 Sep 22;3(3):50-6. doi:

10.5498/wjp.v3.i3.50. PMID: 24255875; PMCID: PMC3832861.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Ploumpidis D, Oulis P, Soumani A, Nikitopoulou S, Pappa

K, Papadimitriou GN, David AS. Is insight in schizophrenia multidimensional?

Internal structure and associations of the Greek version of the Schedule for the

Assessment of Insight-Expanded. Psychiatry Res. 2013 Oct 30;209(3):346-52. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.02.016. Epub 2013 Mar 13. PMID: 23489595.

 

Oulis P, Dimitrakopoulos S, Konstantakopoulos G, Tsaltas E, Kollias K. Low-

dose aripiprazole in the treatment of SSRI-induced bruxism. J Neuropsychiatry

Clin Neurosci. 2012 Summer;24(3):E39. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.11070175. PMID: 23037677.

 

Oulis P, Dimitrakopoulos S, Konstantakopoulos G, Tsaltas E, Kollias K.

Capgras delusion in paranoid schizophrenia complicated by vascular dementia. J

Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2012 Summer;24(3):E28. doi:

10.1176/appi.neuropsych.11070162. PMID: 23037670.

 

Oulis P, Konstantakopoulos G, Nathanailidis E, Tsiamoura M, Kollias K. Low-

dose aripiprazole in the treatment of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors-

induced orofacial and buccal dystonia. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2012

Aug;66(5):462-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2012.02363.x. PMID: 22834670.

 

Oulis P, Konstantakopoulos G. Efficacy and safety of pregabalin in the

treatment of alcohol and benzodiazepine dependence. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2012 Jul;21(7):1019-29. doi: 10.1517/13543784.2012.685651. Epub 2012 May 9. PMID: 22568872.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Varsou E, Dikeos D, Ioannidi N, Gonidakis F,

Papadimitriou G, Oulis P. Delusionality of body image beliefs in eating

disorders. Psychiatry Res. 2012 Dec 30;200(2-3):482-8. doi:

10.1016/j.psychres.2012.03.023. Epub 2012 Apr 9. PMID: 22494704.

 

Soumani A, Damigos D, Oulis P, Masdrakis V, Ploumpidis D, Mavreas V,

Konstantakopoulos G. Mental pain and suicide risk: application of the Greek

version of the Mental Pain and the Tolerance of Mental Pain scale. Psychiatriki.

2011 Oct-Dec;22(4):330-40. PMID: 22271846.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Ioannidi N, Patrikelis P, Soumani A, Oulis P, Sakkas D,

Papadimitriou GN, Ploumpidis D. [Neurocognitive function in clinically stable

patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and normal controls].

Psychiatriki. 2011 Jul-Sep;22(3):195-206. Greek, Modern. PMID: 21971195.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Ploumpidis D, Oulis P, Patrikelis P, Soumani A,

Papadimitriou GN, Politis AM. Apathy, cognitive deficits and functional

impairment in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2011 Dec;133(1-3):193-8. doi:

10.1016/j.schres.2011.07.003. Epub 2011 Jul 23. PMID: 21788116.

 

Patrikelis P, Konstantakopoulos G, Angelakis E, Angelopoulos E, Gatzonis S,

Sakas DE. Passivity phenomena in nocturnal frontal-lobe epilepsy. J

Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2011 Spring;23(2):E26-7. doi:

10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnpe26. PMID: 21677214.

 

Oulis P, Mourikis I, Konstantakopoulos G. Pregabalin augmentation in

treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. Int Clin Psychopharmacol.

2011 Jul;26(4):221-4. doi: 10.1097/YIC.0b013e3283466657. PMID: 21460732.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Tchanturia K, Surguladze SA, David AS. Insight in

eating disorders: clinical and cognitive correlates. Psychol Med. 2011

Sep;41(9):1951-61. doi: 10.1017/S0033291710002539. Epub 2011 Jan 7. PMID:

21211101.

 

Oulis P, Leonardos A, Koulouris GC, Konstantakopoulos G. Mirtazapine-

associated urinary retention. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2010

Summer;22(3):352o.e21-352.e22. doi: 10.1176/jnp.2010.22.3.352.e21. PMID:

20686159.

 

Oulis P, Mourikis I, Konstantakopoulos G, Papageorgiou SG, Kouzoupis AV.

Aripiprazole in the treatment of olanzapine-resistant psychotic and motor

symptoms of Huntington’s disease. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2010

Summer;22(3):352c.e4-352.e5. doi: 10.1176/jnp.2010.22.3.352.e4. PMID: 20686147.

 

Kouzoupis AV, Konstantakopoulos G, Oulis P, Kalfakis N, Papageorgiou SG. A

case of severe toluene withdrawal syndrome treated with clonazepam. J

Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2010 Winter;22(1):123.E16-7. doi:

10.1176/jnp.2010.22.1.123.e16. PMID: 20160230.

 

Oulis P, Konstantakopoulos G. Pregabalin in the treatment of alcohol and

benzodiazepines dependence. CNS Neurosci Ther. 2010 Spring;16(1):45-50. doi:

10.1111/j.1755-5949.2009.00120.x. PMID: 20070788; PMCID: PMC6493856.

 

Lempesi H, Ploumpidis D, Kontaxakis VP, Havaki-Kontaxaki BJ,

Konstantakopoulos G, Gonidakis F, Papadimitriou GN. Clinical symptoms and social functioning among immigrant and greek patients with schizophrenia: A comparative study. Psychiatriki. 2009 Oct;20(4):319-28. PMID: 22218233.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Kouzoupis AV, Papageorgiou SG, Oulis P. Putative

neuroleptic malignant syndrome associated with sertraline withdrawal. J Clin

Psychopharmacol. 2009 Jun;29(3):300-1. doi: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e3181a39101. PMID: 19440088.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Oulis P, Michalopoulou PG, Papadimitriou GN.

Olanzapine-induced “restless arms syndrome”. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2009

Feb;29(1):89-90. doi: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e31819302a0. PMID: 19142116.

 

Oulis P, Masdrakis VG, Karapoulios E, Karakatsanis NA, Kouzoupis AV,

Konstantakopoulos G, Soldatos CR. Pregabalin augmentation to sertraline-

risperidone combination in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2008;10(3):249. doi: 10.4088/pcc.v10n0312a. PMID: 18615169; PMCID: PMC2446488.

 

Oulis P, Konstantakopoulos G, Kouzoupis AV, Masdrakis VG, Karakatsanis NA,

Karapoulios E, Kontoangelos KA, Papadimitriou GN. Pregabalin in the

discontinuation of long-term benzodiazepines’ use. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2008

Jun;23(4):337-40. doi: 10.1002/hup.937. PMID: 18348245.

 

Oulis P, Masdrakis VG, Karakatsanis NA, Karapoulios E, Kouzoupis AV,

Konstantakopoulos G, Soldatos CR. Pregabalin in the discontinuation of long-term benzodiazepine use: a case-series. Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2008

Mar;23(2):110-2. doi: 10.1097/YIC.0b013e3282f2b4b2. PMID: 18301126.

 

Oulis P, Koulouris GC, Konstantakopoulos G, Masdrakis VG. Marked elevation

of creatine kinase with sertindole: a case report. Pharmacopsychiatry. 2007

Nov;40(6):295-6. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-992158. PMID: 18030658.

 

Oulis P, Masdrakis VG, Karapoulios E, Karakatsanis NA, Kouzoupis AV,

Konstantakopoulos G, Soldatos CR. Tiagabine augmentation to fluvoxamine-

risperidone combination in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. World J Biol Psychiatry. 2009;10(4 Pt 3):953-5. doi: 10.1080/15622970701739526. PMID: 19224410.

 

Konstantakopoulos G, Oulis P, Koulouris GC, Masdrakis VG, Michalopoulou PG.

Lamotrigine-associated exacerbation of positive symptoms in paranoid

schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2008 Jan;98(1-3):325-6. doi:

10.1016/j.schres.2007.08.018. Epub 2007 Sep 12. PMID: 17851040.

 

Oulis P, Gournellis R, Konstantakopoulos G, Matsoukas T, Michalopoulou PG,

Soldatos C, Lykouras L. Clinical dimensions of auditory hallucinations in

schizophrenic disorders. Compr Psychiatry. 2007 Jul-Aug;48(4):337-42. doi:

10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.03.006. Epub 2007 May 24. PMID: 17560954.

 

Giotakos O, Konstantakopoulos G. Parenting received in childhood and early

separation anxiety in male conscripts with adjustment disorder. Mil Med. 2002

Jan;167(1):28-33. PMID: 11799809.